Risk factors for severe infection in patients with hairy cell leukemia: a long-term study of 73 patients
✍ Scribed by Ghandi Damaj; Frédérique Kuhnowski; Jean-Pierre Marolleau; Francis Bauters; Xavier Leleu; Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha
- Book ID
- 114794586
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0902-4441
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